Box around design and text

[ChrissyZ]

I opened a new board, created a design and text, when I add a simple rectangel around it and give the rectangle a bit of color and print there is a white box around my design and text. Can anyone help

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @ChrissyZ

That’s quite a vague description of the problem, and you didn't tell us which Affinity application you are using.

Without more information we can only make guesses about what you are working with, never mind what the problem could be that you are having with it.

If you can attach the document (AFPUB, AFDESIGN or AFPHOTO), and give us more details about what is happening that that you think shouldn’t be, then we should be able to advise further.

If you cannot attach the document, for whatever reason, a full-screen screenshot where we can see as much of your Layers Panel as possible might be a good start for problem diagnosis.

[DWright]

Does the rectangle have a stroke applied to the outline. 

[Old Bruce]

14 hours ago, ChrissyZ said:

I opened a new board, created a design and text, when I add a simple rectangel around it and give the rectangle a bit of color and print there is a white box around my design and text. Can anyone help

I am guessing you are using Designer and you have an Artboard ("a new board"). The White Box around the design may well be the Artboard being not Transparent. You could try changing this in the Document Setup and checking Transparent Background. Go to File > Document Setup... and choose the Colour Tab then check the Transparent background box.